Landscape with Abraham and Isaac
‘Landscape with Abraham and Isaac’ by John White Abbott, a copy of the original by Gaspard Dughet after it was acquired by the National Gallery from the John Julius Angerstein collection in 1824.
John White Abbott (1763-1851) was born and educated in Exeter, where he also practised as a surgeon. Through his uncle, James White, he met Francis Towne who initially gave him drawing lessons and later became a sketching companion. Although White Abbott exhibited annually at the Royal Academy between 1793 and 1805, he never gave up his profession as a surgeon. In 1771 he made his only extended tour out of the West Country travelling through Derbyshire, Lancashire, and the Lake District and up to Scotland.
John White Abbott (1763-1851) was born and educated in Exeter, where he also practised as a surgeon. Through his uncle, James White, he met Francis Towne who initially gave him drawing lessons and later became a sketching companion. Although White Abbott exhibited annually at the Royal Academy between 1793 and 1805, he never gave up his profession as a surgeon. In 1771 he made his only extended tour out of the West Country travelling through Derbyshire, Lancashire, and the Lake District and up to Scotland.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 52/1929/3
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Common Name
- Landscape with Abraham and Isaac
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- (Pa)inted by John Wh(ite) Abbott Esq of Fordland (Ho)n RA Born at Exeter 1763 Died 1851; Barnby Bendall & Co Depository Cheltenham Mrs prevost 4 WO15446/4; de gild
- Period Classification
- Georgian (1714-1837)
- Production Town
- Exeter; Rome
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England; Italy or France
- Production Person Initials
- John White; Gaspard
- Production Person Surname
- Abbott; Dughet
- Production Year Low
- 1824
- Production Year High
- 1840
